Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-03-24
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tenure Of Office Repeal - Retiring the
Trade Dollar, Etc.

Tenure Of Office Repeal - Retiring the
Trade Dollar, Etc.
Among the most important laws enacted
by Congress was that wiping the tenure of
Office act from the statute books. The
effect of the repeal is to take away all re-
strictions on the Presidents power of re-
moval, and no question can now arise
whether failure of the Senate to confirm
the successor of n suspended officer would
not restore the latter TO his official func-
tions.
RETIRING THE TRADE DOLLAR.
The act for the redemption of the trade
dollar provides that for period of six
months after the act United States trade
dollals, if not defaced, mutilated, or
stamped, shall be received at the Office of
the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer
of the United States in exchange for like
amount, dollar for dollar, of standard silver
dollars or Of subsidiary coins of the United
States; also that the trade dollars received
by, paid to, or deposited with the Treasurer,
or any Assistant Treasurer, or National De-
positary of the United States, shall not be
paid out or in any other manner issued, but
at the expense of the United States shall be
transmitted to the coinage mints and recoin-
ed into standard dollars or subsidiary coins
.
that the trade dollars rocoined under the
act shall not be counted as part of the
silver bullion requir, d TO be purchased
and coined into standard dollars as required
by the act of Feb. 20, 1878.
CONTRACT FEDERAL LABOR.
The act prohibiting contract labor by
Federal prisoners provides that il shall not
be lawful for any officer, agent, or any SER
want of the Government of the United
States TO contract with any person or cor
poration, or permit any warden, agent, or
official of any State prison, penitentiary,
Jail, or house of correction where criminals
of the United States may be incarcerated,
to Lire or contract out the labor of said
criminals, or any pnrt of them, who may
hereafter be confined in any prison, Jail,
or other place OF incarceration for violation
of any laws of the Government of the Uni
ted States Of America. ANY person who
shall offend against the provisions of the
act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean-
or, and on conviction thereof shall be i'm
prisoned for term not less than one year
nor moro than three years, at the discretion
of the court, or shall be fined not less than
$500 nor more than 81 900 for each ofense
MINOR MEASURES.
An act 10 amend the law relating 10 pat
ents, Trademarks, and copyrights, making
it unlawful for any pei son other than the
owner TO apply the design secured by such
letters patent, or any imitation, to any ar
ticle for the purpose of sale, or to sell any,
thing so marked without the license Of the
owner. penalty of $3.50 is fixed for vio-
lation of the law. If the profits from the
sale exceed $3.50 there is further penalty
of the excess of the profits over $3.50.
An act 10 indemnify Chinese for tue loss
sustained from n mob at Rock Springs,
Wyo., appropriates S147,748.
An act to prohibit the importation of
opium imposes fine of from $50 to $500
or imprisonment for from thirty days 10 six
months, or both, for violation of the law.
Citizens of the United States are also pro-
hibied from engaging in the opium traffic
in China.
Among the Western places that get public
buildings are: Fort Scott, Kan, $4,000,
and Denver, Colo, an increase in the limit
of expenditure 10 S575,000.
An act TO provide that two or more terms
of the Circuit and District Courts of the
United States shall be held annually at Bay
City. The officers Of the courts are to per-
form their duties at Bay City and the rec
ords are 10 be kept in Detroit.